Drinking-fountain.



No. 783,706, PATENTED FEB. 28, 1905.

E. R. SOLEAU. DRINKING FOUNTAIN.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 2, 1904.

'UNITED STATES Patented February 28, 1965,

PATENT 'Ottica' DFllNKlNGMFUNTAIlN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 783,706, dated February 28, 1905. Application filed August 2, 1904:. Serial No. 219,176.

Toll/ZZ whom, it 'nt/ty concern:

Bc it known that I, EDWARD Riou/lun {Go- I.i:AU,a citixen ofthe United States of Ameri-ea, and a resident of Belleville, county of Essex, State of New Jersey, have i n vented certain new and useful improvements in Drinking-l `o11n tains, of which theI following is a specilication.

M y invention relates to drinking-fountaina and refers more particularly to means for au tomatieall y feeding' the li q uid,and thereby preserving' a constant lsupply in the drinking'- basin.

. ingl this application I have In the care ol'poultry, for instance. it is a source of great ii'iconvenivnce and labor to provide a Constant supply of water. This is especially tho caae where poultry is raieedon a large `Scale. lt is obviously important that water Vbe at all times accessible. To go from place to place to replenish the supply is clearly a waste`of labor and time; and the object of my invention, therefore, is to provide moanaA whereby this replenishment of water may be done automatically. At the same time l have aimed to provide a fountain readily vportable and easily cared for and not easily upset.

' In the single Sheet of drawings aceompanyshown a crosse-eeetional View of my fountain.

Itwill of course be understood that changea' in the construction and arrangementof parte there lshown may be made without departing from the lSpirit of my invention.

In the ligure I have shown a receiving' or drinking' basin 1, suitably supported by the circular liang'e 2. In the present instance l have shown the sides 3 of this basin flaring' outwardly, and this is a construction which .l i prefer.

v, 4 indicates a reservoir whoae aidesiand top 6 are hermctically Sealed. This reservoir may be constructed in any suitable manner; but l have here Shown it in a preferred forni having' a diameter Smaller than that of the basin l and hatingl its lower portion 7 tapered and eitending through the bottom 8 of the basin to form an intake 9.

The reservoir and basin may be secured in any suitable manner, as by ataiularils l0., the

portion of the reservoir passing' through the bottom ot the basi-n being' preferably ae'eoir structed as t0 secure the two together.

At any ASuitable point, but preferably near the bottoni of the basin. l provide an outlet 1l from the reservoir. `At any proper point. preferably below the level of the rim l2 of the basin and above the plano of outlet l l, l provide an air-duct 13, leading' into the reservoir. rl`he intake is provided with a cap il, and the handle .15, properly secured to the reservoir, renders the device easily portable.

The operation of my fountain will now bo readily understood. 'lhe fountain is li'llod through the intake S) and then inverted .to thr `positionahown in the drawing'. Aawill be easily ululerstood, the cap l-l acta` when ihc :fountain is inverted aaa water aeal againat thi` admissiol'i of air through the intake. ltfwill be seen that the air inducted through lil will accumulate on thc top of the reservoir, ranaing' a pressure anda reaulting' flow of water from the outlet ll into the basin. Aa the water rises` in the basin to the level of theI airduct the latter is sealed. and the air-prca-1uro in the reservoir beinel removed the waterwvill cease flowing' through the' outlet 1l to thiI basin. Y rlhc instant, however, that the water in the basin is brought below the ,level of the air-dnct pressure is airain allowed to force-thc water through the outlet 1l. i

-llt will thus be seen that ,l have'provided a fountain automatically feeding' the water inlo the drinking-latein and insuring' a constant supply therein. While I have here shown my invention applied to a polIllr v-fountain, it ia manifest that it may bc adapted to other usos. For instance, (,:onatrurlod on a larger scalo it would be adapted to supply water to horaria and cattle, eapeciall) where raised on a larinscalo. Il will therefor(l be understood that l do in t limit myself to l hc use herein deseribel l.'

Having thuav described my invention, what l claim iavr l. a new article of manufarturc, an automatic fountain, compriainira receiving-ba ain, a reservoir having; itey top and laides her metically sealed and ite lower portion extending through the bottoni of the reeeiving-basin to form an iutakeeealcd :against :uhnissfionof air. said reservoir being` provided with an outlet into said l)aain,-a.nd air air-duet adapted, when closed, to Stop the llou of liquid from the reservoir to the basin.

Isealed and its lower portion tapered and eX- tendingthrou'gh the bottom of the receiving- .voir of smaller vdiameter than the receiving- `tomatic fountain,

closed, to stop the flow of liquid from the reservoirto thebasin.

3. As a new article of muiufacture, an automatic fountain, comprising a receiving-basin having its sides flaring outwardly, a reservoir' of smaller diameter than the receivingbasin, having its topand sides hermeticall)7 basin to form an intake sealed against the admission of air, said reservoir being secured to the basin and provided with a handle, an outlet into the basin7 and an air-duct adapted, 'when closed, to stop the lflow of liquid from the reservoir to the basin. v

4. As a new article of manufacture, an`automatie fountain, comprising a receiving-basin having its sides Haring outwardly, a reserbasin, having its top and sides hermeticall)7 sealed and its lower' portion tapered and extending through the bottom of the receivingbasin to form an intake sealed against the admission of air, said reservoir being secured to the basin and provided with a handle, an outlet into the basin below the level of the rim of the basin, and an air-duct located below the level of the rim of the basin and above the plane of the outlet and adapted, when closed,

to stop the flow of liquid from the reservoir to the basin.

5. As a new article of manufacture, an automatic fountain, comprising: a receiving-basin, a reservoir having its top and sides hermetically sealed and having an intake sealed against admission of air, said reservoir being provided with an outlet into said basin, an airduct leading to the lower portion of said reservoir and adapted, iiow of liquid from the reservoir to the basin.

6. As a new article of manufacture, an aucomprising: a receiving-basin, a reservoir having its top and sides liernietically sealed, and an intake leading to the bottom ofthe reservoir and sealed against ad mission of air, said reservoir being providedwith an outlet into said basin, and an air-duct leading to the lower portion of the reservoir and adapted, when closed, to stop the How of liquid from the reservoir to the basin.

7. As a new article of manufacture, an automatic fountain, comprising: a receiving-basin, a rcservoirliaving its top and sides hermeti l l l l l when closed, to stop the against the admission of air.

ica-lly sealed, an intake leading to the lower portion of the reservoir sealed against admis- 'sion of air ,`said reservoir being provided with an outlet into said basin rim thereof, 4and an air-duct leading to the lower portion of the' reservoir and adapted, when closed, to stop the flow of liquid from the' reservoir to the basin.

8.' Asia new article of manufacture, an automatic fountain', comprising: a receiving-basin, a reservoir having its ically sealed and its lower portion extending through the bottom of the receiving-basin, and having an intake sealed against admission of air, said reservoir being provided with an outlet into said basin below the level of the rim thereof, and an air-duct leading tothe lower portion of the reservoir and adapted, when closed, to stopthe liow of liquid from the reservoir to the basin.

9. As a new article of manufacturefan au; tomatic fountain, comprising: a receiving-basin having itssides daring outwardly, a reservoir having its top 'and sides hermetically sealed, an intake leading to the lower portion of the reservoir and sealed against the admission of air, an outlet into the basin below the level of the rim thereof, an air-duct leading to thelower portion of the reservoir and adapted, when closed, to stop the dow of liquid from the reservoir to the basin. i

10. .As a new article of manufacture, an automatic fountain, comprising; a-receiving-basin, a reservoir of smaller diameter than the receiving-basin and having its top and sides hermetically sealedQ'an intake leading to the lower portion of thereservoir' and' sealed against the admission o basin, an air-'duct leading to the lower portion of the reservoir and adapted, when closed, to stop the ow of liquid from the reservoir to the basin.

1l. As a new article of manufacture, anl automatic fountain, comprising a receiving-basin, a reservoir having 4an outlet into said basin, and an airduct leading to the lowerV portionl of the reservoir and adapted, when closed, to stop the ow of liquid from the reservoir to the basin, andan intakesealed l2. As a new article of manufacture,

EDWVARD Witnesses: i 'MARY DoEiiING,

RAYMOND (j. SPAULDING.

New Jersey, vthis 29th yii'ieiniin) soLEAu below the level of the' top and sides herinetf air, an outlet into the an ailtomatic fountain, comprising: a receivingba.

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